Automatic hay-press.



Patented Mar. 4, |902. F. S. BUCHANAN. l AUTOMA'I'IG HAY PRESS. L

(Application med Apr. $1901.)

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No.v 694,827. Patented Mar. 4, |902.

F.S. BUCHANAN.

AUTOMATIC HAY- PRESS.

(Application filed Apr: 8, 1901.l 3 y (No Model.) 2 Shsets-$heet 2.

l? NiTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOMATIC HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,827, dated March 4, 1902.

Application inea April s, i901.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK SINCLAIR BU- CHANAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of VVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Automatic Hay-Press, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to hay-presses; and it has for its object to provide a device of this nature which may be easily transported from place to place and which when desired may have its pressing mechanism connected with the groun d-wheels thereof for operation thererom.

Further objects and advantages of the invention have reference to the mechanical de tails of the structure, allof which will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion-'ot this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts'in the several views, Figure 1 is a top planviewshowing the rear portion of the press. Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section and showing that portion` of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective View showing the casting in which the ground-wheel axle or drive-axle has` its bearing,the members thereof being separated. Fig. a is a detail perspective view of the end of the shift-lever for one ot the clutches.

Referring' now to the drawings, the body of the press comprises a press-box 5, mounted upon parallel reachesV or sills 6 and 7, and connecting thes'e sills are transverse journalbox members 8 and 9, which are bolted in place and in which is mounted the rotatablel rear or drive axle of the machine. Supporting-wheels 10 and 11 are xedtothe ends of the axle and form ground-wheels for rotating the axle. The bearing member 9 has an upwardly-directed spindle l2, and onthis spindle is mounted a bull-wheel 13 for rotation in a horizontal plane, said wheel having bevelgear teeth 14 on its under faceand adjacent to its peripheryand with which engage the idle gears 15 and 16, carried by shafts 17 and 18, which latter are mounted in cross-braces 19 and 20, connecting the sills of the machine. These shafts lie at right angles to and Serial No. 54,877. (No model.)

intersect the drive-axle and serve to balance the bull-wheel.

Hounds 21 and 22 are connected attheir forward ends to the sills 6 and 7 and at their rear ends to sleeves 23 and 24, which are mountedupon the drive-axle directly adjacent to the wheels, and one of these hounds V21 has a bearing 25, in which is. journaled a lshaft 26, journaled also upon the bearing member 9, and this shaft carries a bevel-gear 27, meshing' with the gear on the bull-wheel.

To rotate the shaft 26, it is provided with :a bevel-gear 28, which may be a continuation ofthe gear 27 or formed separate therefrom, as desired, and engaging this gear 28 is a bevel-gear 29, which is mounted rotatably upon the drive-axle of the apparatus and one end of the hub of which rests against a stop-collar 29',l which holds it against movement longitudinally of the axle. Y The opposite endV of the hub of thev beveled gear 29 is provided with clutch-teeth 30, and to hold the beveled gear 29 at times to be rotated by the drive-axle a clutch member 30 is provided and is splined to the drive-axle, and one end thereof is provided with clutch-teeth, as shown, for engagement `with the teeth 30. v To'shift the clutch member 30 into and outiof engagement with the Wheel 9, it is peripherally grooved for engagement by the yoke or strap 31 at the end of a shift-rod 32, lmounted slidably in bearings on the sills 6 and 7 for movement transversely of the apparatus. A second gear 36, in mesh with the bull, is mounted loosely upon the drive-axle andfhas clutch-teeth at one end of its hub for engagement by the teeth at the end of a second clutch member 34, which is splined upon the drive-axle and has cooperating clutch-teeth. This clutch member 34 has a peripheral groove in which .is engaged the yoke or strap 33 at the opposite end of the shift-rod 32, so that when the shift-rod is moved in one direction the wheels V29 and 36 are clutched to the drive-axle and when the clutchA members are shifted in an opposite direction the axle is free `to revolve Without the gears. To thus operate the shiftrod to engage and disengage the clutches, a lever 41 is fulcrumed to one of the crossbraces of the sills 6 and 7 and has one end slidablyengaged in an opening 42 in the shiftroo l rod, the opposite end of this lever having connection with a hand-lever 43 through the medium of a link lasaid hand-lever being mounted upon the platform 45, on which the pressbox is built. By operation of this hand-lever the shift-rod is reciprocated and the bullwheel is thrown into and out of operative connection with the drive-axle.

It Will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 that the gear 36 on the drive-axle meshes directly with the bull-Wheel and is driven directly by the axle, whereas the'gear 27 on the opposite side of the machine that meshes with the bull-Wheel is driven through a gear 29 on the driving-axle, this arrangement being necessary in order to impart rotation in different directions to the gears 27 and 36, so that motion is imparted to the bull-Wheel in a positive manner on opposite sides thereof, thereby insuringits direct and eifective driving. It will also be noted that the clutch member of the gear 29 faces toward the center of the apparatus and that of the gear 36 toward one side of the machine and in the same direction as that first named, and by this disposition of the clutch-facesthe two said gears may be simultaneously and at one movement of the han d-lever locked upon the drive-axle and by a reverse movement be unlocked therefrom.

The press-box 5 is of common construction and has a plunger 4:6, connected with a wristpin 47 on the bull-Wheel through the medium of a pitman or plunger rod 47. With this construction it will be seen that as the machine is drawn through a eld the bull-Wheel will be rotated and the plunger reciprocated in the press-box and that when it is desired to transport the apparatus Without operating its pressing mechanism the clutches may be l ger operatively connected therewith, of a drive-axle carrying at one end a loose gear in direct mesh with the bull-wheel, a shaft carrying a gear also in mesh with the bull-Wheel, a second gear loosely mounted on the driveaXle and meshing with the last-named gear- Wheel, and clutch mechanism for locking the loose gears to the axle, substantially as described.

2. In a hay-press, the combination with a horizontally-disposed bull-Wheel and a plunger operatively connected therewith, of a drive-axle carrying two loose gears, one of which is in direct mesh with the bull-wheel, and the other out of mesh therewith, a shaft carrying a third gear meshing with the bullwheel and the second-named gear, clutch mechanism for locking the loose gears to the shaft, and idle gears meshing with the bullwheel and operating to balance the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK SINCLAIR BUCHANN.

Vitnesses:

M. J. BUCHANAN, S. E. RICHEY. 

